====== User Interface > Output Bar ======

The Output Bar allows the user to display and track information as well as troubleshoot problems as they happen.

===== Overview =====


The Output Bar allows the user to display and track information as well as troubleshoot problems. It functions as a log of events that have taken place during your current SpeedTree Modeler session, such as saving or loading errors.

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==== What Gets Reported In The Output Bar? ====

1. //Application processes// - This includes starting up, auto-saves, application states, etc. As processes are initiated and completed, a report is logged. 

2. //Warnings// - A warning is reported if an action taken was technically invalid, but perhaps will still work within the app. Warnings are commonly generated by missing assets (textures, external meshes) or corrupt/old 'SPM' files.

3. //Errors// - An error is reported when an action or process fails. Badly corrupted or invalid 'SPM' files, memory/graphics card issues, and other unrecoverable errors are all examples.
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==== Output Bar Menu Options ====

The 'Output Bar's' right-click menu contains applicable actions and options.

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**Copy** - Copies the contents of the Output Bar to the Windows® clipboard.

**Select All** - Selects all of the text in the 'Output Bar'.

**Save...** - Allows the user to save the output contents as a file in Rich Text Format (RTF).

**Clear** - Erases the contents of the 'Output Bar'.

**Word Wrap** - When enabled, any single line of text will wrap around the window.